Countries

Mali mediator leaves Bamako with no poll date set

Bamako – West Africa’s mediator in Mali, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, left Bamako on Sunday with no date set for elections... Read more

21 Mar, 2022

Countries

Guinea rights groups demand renconciliation process

Conakry – Rights groups in Guinea on Friday demanded a reconciliation process as a condition for participating in a... Read more

20 Mar, 2022

Countries

Malian junta orders French broadcasters RFI, France 24 off air

Bamako – Mali’s ruling junta has ordered French broadcasters RFI and France 24 off the air, complaining they had... Read more

18 Mar, 2022

Countries

DRC’s rebels moving inland after joint border crackdown

Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s most notorious armed group is moving inland from the border with Uganda after... Read more

18 Mar, 2022

Burkina Faso

Attack on bus, truck kills 21 in Niger, sources say

Niamey – Suspected jihadists attacked a bus and a truck in Niger, killing 21 people in the southwestern Tillaberi region... Read more

17 Mar, 2022

Countries

HRW slams surge in killings of civilians in Mali

Bamako – Malian soldiers and jihadists have carried out a wave of summary executions since December in the conflict-torn Sahel state,... Read more

15 Mar, 2022

Burkina Faso

Jihadist attacks sound brutal alarm for Burkina junta

Ouagadougou – With a string of attacks that have claimed dozens of lives, jihadists in Burkina Faso have sounded a... Read more

15 Mar, 2022

Countries

Senegal launches operation against Casamance rebels

Dakar – Senegal’s army has launched a military operation against rebels in the southern region of Casamance, the chief of... Read more

14 Mar, 2022

Countries

Mali envoys in Mauritania amid tensions over border disappearances

Nouakchott – A high-level Malian delegation arrived in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott on Friday, a diplomatic source said, amid... Read more

12 Mar, 2022

Countries

Fresh clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill at least 19

Khartoum – At least 19 people have been killed in Sudan’s restive Darfur region, officials said on Friday, in... Read more

12 Mar, 2022